Italian - Noun

Latvian - Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Norwegian - Letter

S
* The nineteenth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
USAGE NOTES
* IPA(key): /ʃ/ in Norwegian is created by merging SKJ, SK and _sj_.
* IPA(key): /ʂ/ Retroflex, merge of RS.
* When s is followed by an l, the s is pronounced IPA(key): /ʃ/.